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Essay / The Ottoman Empire - 774
Ottoman SocietyThe Ottoman Empire has many different and very complex components to its society. Some of these components of society were the palace, the religious establishment, military governance, and the bureaucracy. The person who generally oversees all of these and helps them operate efficiently is the sultan of the empire. Through the sultan's leadership and the combination of these elements, he contributed to the growth and maintenance of Ottoman society. First of all, the Sultan had many people in the palace to take care of his affairs and help him. He has the Grand Vizier, who was basically his right-hand man and they have a lot of trust between them. He also has Dizan, an advisor to the senior officials who help run all the other groups. They are generally composed of the chief janissary, chief justices, treasurers, secretary and admiral of the navy. They gather for meetings with the Sultan, to get instructions and to give updates to the Sultan. For a time, over generations, the Sultan and Grand Vizier grew and achieved success together, which helped build trust between them. This had a positive impact on the Ottoman Empire due to their staying together, they both knew each other quite well and the Sultan did not have to worry about the Grand Vizier giving him bad advice or even turns against him. Each of the successors to the throne had received fairly good training before becoming sultan. Suleyman I, the son of Selim I, had 6 years of experience as governor. He was governor of Bolu, Kaffa, Istanbul and Manissa. It was good for the empire that the next person in line did what they needed to do and explained a little about how an empire is supposed to be run and didn't put the empire in danger, but... middle of paper......type for all. There was no different education in different states or states did not have certain laws that others did not have. Any student could study very hard and reach the top of the rankings, even if they were poor, so poverty was not a problem. There was even a system for the non-Muslim peoples of the empire called millet. They had the right to practice their own religion, retain their language and develop their own institutions and they only needed to pay an additional tax to the sultan. They were also considered less than Sunni Muslims in Muslim states. Even though they were foreigners, the empire had a good system for non-Muslims and foreigners to work with. The empire could get additional funding from them and they could establish their own languages and practice their own religion, they were not required to do anything or become Muslims..